Cloverfield

"Whatever it is, it's winnin'," notes a character in the new trailer for the highly anticipated "Cloverfield," from "Lost" creator J. J. Abrams.

The original teaser trailer first showed at screenings of "Transformers" and jolted audiences with its panicky cinema verite style and ernigmatic subject matter. It was even hard to tell what it was promoting, a new film, a new TV show?

In the new trailer the head of the Statue of Liberty rolls down a Manhattan street, a reference that conjures up "Planet of the Apes" ("You maniacs! You blew it up! Oh, damn you! God damn you all to hell!'") and the alien destruction of the White House in "Independence Day."

And a headless Statue of Liberty appears to be the early promotional image for the film, scheduled to open Jan. 18.

It appears to be a monster movie shot on home video from the perspective of people as they experience the attack.

But because it's set in New York City, the destruction being portrayed summons memories of Sept. 11.